to take something illegally from a person , company , etc ., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs by deceiving them
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例句
1. He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank. 他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。 2. He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government. 他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。